I was one of the four million or so folks who watched the mixed martial arts' prime-time coming-out party on CBS Saturday night. From a purely ratings point of view, the telecast represented a mixed bag for mixed martial arts.On the...

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It's over, right? The U.S. Open is now the U.S. Closed. Rory McIlroy is torching the course at Congressional and making the rest of the field look like the C-flight at the Stoneybrook West member-guest. McIlroy is...

Hey, those are Ethan Kanin's words, not ours, but they do seem more than appropriate. As night slowly turns to day in New York, Jack Bauer and the gang have let the IRK terrorists escape Brooklyn with weapons grade uranium....

This is a longer version of my cover story in the Sunday Calendar section of the Los Angeles Times. The lights were down low in Sylvester Stallone's Beverly Hills office on a recent afternoon, so it was impossible to see...

Sweaty and battered, the blood-drenched fighter drapes an arm over the ropes of the boxing ring. Rocky Balboa (played by the Democrats) has taken a beating in the later rounds. He cuts through the swollen bruises, as the bell for...

Our two resident Emmys experts -- Chris "Boomer" Beachum and Rob Licuria (Awards Heaven) -- disagree about which previous award winner will prevail in the supporting actor in a drama series category. For Rob, 2007 champ Terry O'Quinn is the frontrunner for the

Before the coffee. After wishing I'd gone to bed earlier and not stayed up watching 'Rocky Balboa.' Big paydays! TV Guide has published its annual survey of small-screen star salaries. Though the article says the networks are toughening up when...

Andre Johnson got into what appeared to be a one-sided beatdown when he knocked Tennessee Titans cornerback Courtland Finnegan in the head a few times after a Finnegan grabbed his face mask. Johnson was fined last year for grabbing Finnegan's face mask.

Is it me, or is this taking forever? Let's get down to business! No one went home this week, and the highlights were Gordon Ramsay, super-taster, and the "taste it, now make it" challenge. (Complete aside: To date, I've always...

If the International Boxing Hall of Fame had an integrity clause like the Heisman Trophy, there is a good chance some boxing writers would withhold votes for Mike Tyson much like some are for Auburn quarterback Cam Newton.